初三阅读竞赛试题（二）

1、二、阅读理解（在、四个选项中，选出一个符合短文内容的答案，并把它前面的字母编号填在答卷纸上。）50%AOur village carpenter (木匠) , John Hill, came one day and made a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to be put into the place between the two windows. When I got home that evening, John was drinking a cup of tea and writing out h

2、is bill (账单) for his job.My wife said to me, quietly, “Thats his ninth cup of tea today.” But she said, in a loud voice, “Its a beautiful table, dear, isnt it?”“Ill give him money for his work when I see the bill.” I said.John laughed and gave me his bill for the job. I read:One dining table10 Novem

3、ber 1999Cost of wood (木材成本)$ 17.00Paint（油漆）$ 1.50Job, 8 hours ($ 1 an hour)$ 8.00Total (合计)$ 36.50When I was reading his bill, John said, “It is a fine day, isnt it? Quite sunny. ”“Yes,” I said. “Im glad its the 10th of November.” “Me, too,” said John. “You wait itll be a lot colder by the end of th

4、e month.”“Yes. Colder and more expensive (昂贵)！Dining tables will be $20 more expensive on November 30th, wont they, John?”John looked hard at me for half a minute. Was there a little smile in his two blue eyes? I gave his bill back to him.“If it isnt too much trouble, John, ” I said, “ please add it

5、 up again. You can forget the date.”I gave him $26.50 for his job and he was happy to get it. ( ) 1. Why did John talk about the weather when the writer was reading the bill?A. Because he didnt want the writer to finish reading the bill carefully.B. Because he was really a fine day.C. Because he wan

6、ted the writer to read the bill carefully.D. Because he wanted to tell the writer what the weather was like. ( ) 2. Why did the writer say that dining tables would be $20 more expensive on November 30th?A. Because it was hard to make dining tables in cold weather.B. Because paint would be more expen

7、sive.C. Because the cost of wood would be more expensive.D. Because he thought John would almost certainly add the date to the cost of the dining table. ( ) 3. The writer thought John would ask for _ if he made a dining table on the last day of November. A. $20.00 B. $ 46.50 C. $56.50 D. $26.50 ( )

8、4. When the writer gave him the money, John was happy because _ .A. he got what he should get for his jobB. he got much more money for his workC. he got the money easilyD. he didnt have to add up the cost again ( ) 5. From the story we know _.A. John made a mistake (犯错) in the billB. John tried to f

9、ool the writer to get more money for his jobC. John wrote out the bill before the writer got homeD. John still wanted to get $ 36.50 for his job at lastBInteresting things happen to time when you travel because the earth is parted into 24 zones (时区) , one hour apart (一个时区相差一小时). You can have days wi

10、th more or fewer than 24 hours, and weeks with more or fewer than 7 days.If you make 5 days trip across(横跨) the Atlantic Ocean (大西洋), your ship goes in to a different time zone every day. And when you go in to each zone, the time changes one hour. Traveling west, you set your clock back. Traveling e

11、ast, you set it ahead (向前) . Each day of your trip has either 25 or 23 hours (eitheror. 要么要么).If you travel by ship across the Pacific (太平洋)，you cross the international date line ( 国际日期变更线). Everyone on the earth agreeing, this is the place where a new day begins. When you cross the line, you change

12、 your calender (日历) one full day, back or ahead. Traveling east, today becomes yesterday. Traveling west, it is tomorrow. ( ) 1.Interesting things happen to time when you travel because _ .A. no day really has 24 hoursB. no one knows where time zones beginC. the earth is parted into time zonesD. eve

13、ryone knows the earth is round ( ) 2. If you go across the Atlantic Ocean, going east, you set your clock _ .A. 1 hour ahead in each time zonesB. 1 hour ahead for the whole tripC. one full day back for each time zoneD. one full day ahead for each time zone ( ) 3. From this, it maybe is true that the Atlantic _.A. is in one time zone B. is parted into 24 zonesC. is parted into 5 time zonesD. is in 24 time zones ( ) 4. The international date line is the name for _.A. the beginning of any new time zoneB. any place where time changes by one hourC. the pla